ChatGPT inventor: "Bitcoin is a major global currency"

Sam Altman supports Bitcoin and lashes out at US and CBDCs.

Sam Altman expresses support for Bitcoin during a performance in Joe Rogan's podcast. At the same time, the founder of OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, warns of the potential dangers of digital central bank money (CBDCs for short).

Bitcoin is a "logical and vital global currency," Altman said. You need a "currency beyond the control of any government."

The creator of ChatGPT expressed his concerns about CBDCs, "I am very concerned about how far the surveillance state could go here."

Sam Altman also criticized the U.S. crackdown on the crypto industry: "I'm disappointed in their behavior. It makes me sad."

The OpenAI CEO has launched his own cryptocurrency, Worldcoin. It is considered highly controversial, mainly because of privacy concerns. Authorities around the world are exploring the project.

Countries around the world are working to introduce digital central bank money. In China, it already exists in the form of the e-yuan. Data protectionists are alarmed. Their concerns: full surveillance of citizens and possible state financial censorship.

The "Joe Rogan Show" on Spotify has been around for 13 years and is the most listened-to podcast in the world. It is considered controversial: because of the controversial opinions of its host, Joe Rogan, a comedian and martial arts commentator. He is a outspoken fan of Bitcoin.